Because conservation is generally behind-the-scenes I want to share this link to a blog written by Christina O’Connell. http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2011/04/28/less-is-more/
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2011 Annual Student Art Exhibition – Accepted High School Entries & Award Winners
Award Winners (Award, Artist, Grade, Medium, Title, School) Best In Show- Randy Wagner, grade 12, paper mache, Gunner, South Vermillion High School 2-D 1st place -Zach Pearson, grade 12, newspaper, magazine collage, Off-White, Terre Haute North Vigo High School 2nd place -Tyesha Washington, grade 9, pastel, Be Proud, McLean High School 3rd place – Kendra [...]
Conservation… yes we can!
Yesterday the curator and I retrieved two paintings from the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s conservation lab. They had been sent to conservation because one had an abrasion and both were dirty. The Museum staff keeps a running list of objects that need conservation. Prioritized by the severity of damage and how soon they’ll be exhibited, [...]
Notes from American Art 101, Edmond Brucker, Ghost Town, Colorado
I chose this painting as a bridge between the current exhibition of work by Todd Anderson “The Mountains are Shadows” and our upcoming season of Frank Lloyd Wright inspired programs. Anderson deftly marries medium to subject, and as ghost town architecture is often found in mountainous areas I thought this painting was a great segue. [...]
New Swope Exhibition, Still Life: Quiet Revelation
Varaldo Cariani, Bowl of Zinnias, 1962 A new exhibition of still life paintings from the Swope Art Museum collection has opened at the Museum and is on view through August 20, 2010. Still Life: Quiet Revelation features over twenty-five paintings from the late nineteenth-century to the present illustrating many different perspectives on the still life. [...]
Encounters with two paintings and a conservator
The first thing I used to think of when I heard the word tempera was that powdered paint we used in elementary school. Of course I didn’t know then that tempera (paint using a binder of protein such as egg or milk) can be traced back to ancient Egyptian culture, or that it was the [...]
attributed to Ralph Blackelock
Art 101 blog attributed to Blakelock I was all set to talk about the romantic landscape and the dubious use of bitumen with paint by artists of the 19th century. But this painting has another fascinating story related to its attribution. Have you ever wondered why a work of art is listed as “attributed to” [...]
Mary Fairchild MacMonnies heads South
Mary Fairchild MacMonnies’ “Garden in Giverny” has gone out on loan for a three venue traveling exhibition. The first object from the Swope Collection on loan for the 2010 exhibition season! “Garden in Giverny” will travel with the exhibition “Impressionists in the Garden” to the Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Art Museum, then to the Tampa [...]
companion looking
It is common to think of visiting an art museum as a solitary activity. And it can be conducive to quiet contemplation. However, as I found out a couple of days ago, viewing art with a group can focus your attention on things you might overlook on your own. For this months American Art 101 [...]
no favorites?
I often get the question- “What is your favorite work in the collection?” or people ask me to make a value judgment on a work. It is awkward and I usually come up with a lame and boring answer like “I love all my children equally.” It would be disingenuous to say I am never [...]
